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The Veterans of Foreign Wars, also known as the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Inc., is an American veterans' organization established on September 29, 1899, whose membership consists of armed-forces veterans who, as United States Army soldiers, United States Navy sailors, United States Marines, United States Coast Guard sailors, and/or United States Air Force airmen, served the...
Operation Torch (8–16 November 1942) was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War. Torch was a compromise operation that met the British objective of securing victory in North Africa while allowing American armed forces the opportunity to begin their fight against Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on a limited scale.[6] It was the first mass involvement of US troops in...
This project is designed to identify and collect the Jewish individuals who have a connection to the town of Adelnau aka Odolanow in Wielkopolski, Poland.This town was part of the Grand Duchy of Posen in the 1800's. It was in the Posen Administrative District of Adelnau along with the towns of Ostrow and Raszkow. (Adelnau=Odolanow depending on the language and usage) and others nearby. Map: Jew...
Please add people who were born, lived or died in Jersey County, Illinois. The county was the former home of the Kickapoo, Menomini, Potawatomi, and Illiniwek Confederation American Indians. The first European explorers to visit the area, Father Marquette and Louis Jolliet, arrived in 1673. It was founded on February 28, 1839 and was named for the state of New Jersey, from which many of the ea...
Please add profiles of people who were born, lived or died in Calhoun County, Illinois. Official Website Calhoun County was settled by Americans during the very early 19th century, and officially organized in 1825. It was named for Vice President John C. Calhoun . John C. Calhoun, in addition to the Calhoun family that was prominent in the area at the time. The southern side of the county, co...
Tämän projektin tarkoituksena on luetteloida haapavetisiä henkilöitä, jotka mainitaan tuomiokirjoissa 1600-luvulla. Tavoitteena on helpottaa sukututkimusta ajalta, jolta ei ole saatavissa rippi- tai muita kirkonkirjoja. Nimilistaan on koottu kantajat, vastaajat, todistajat ja sivulliset henkilöt sen kummemmin rooleja erittelemättä. Nimismiehiä/lautamiehiä (tolvman, nämndeman, länsman) tai laa...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Toledo, Ohio. Toledo is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, at the western end of Lake Erie bordering the state of Michigan. The city was founded in 1833 on the west bank of the Maumee River, and originally incorporated as part of Monroe County, Michigan Territory. It was re-founded in 1837, after conclusio...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Lucas County, Ohio. Official Website The county was named for Robert Lucas, 12th governor of Ohio, in 1835 during his second term.[4] Its establishment provoked the Toledo War conflict with the Michigan Territory, which claimed some of its area. The Toledo War The Toledo War (1835–36), also known as the Great Toledo War, the Mi...
This project is for those buried in Visalia Public Cemetery, Visalia, Tulare County, California. Official Website Find a Grave Billion Graves
arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practices, which are practiced for a number of reasons: as self-defense, military and law enforcement applications, mental and spiritual development; as well as entertainment and the preservation of a nation's intangible cultural heritage.Although the term martial art has become associated with the fighting arts of eastern Asia, it originally r...
Introduction==A gunsmith is a person who repairs, modifies, designs, or builds guns. Gunsmiths may also apply carvings, engravings and other decorative features to an otherwise finished gun.Please add your ancestors to this project. Profiles must be set to public . This is an international project. To pursue the entirety of this trade, a gunsmith must possess skills as:* a parts fabricator* a m...
The land was occupied for thousands of years by the Yokuts. Beginning in the eighteenth century, Spain established missions to colonize California and convert the American Indians to Christianity. Comandante Pedro Fages, while hunting for deserters in the Central Valley in 1772, discovered a great lake surrounded by marshes and filled with rushes; he named it Los Tules (the tules). It is from t...
Tähän projektiin on tarkoitus koostaa mahdollisimman paljon linkkejä digitaalisiin alkuperäislähteisiin. Erityisesti kiinnostuksen kohteena ovat muut kuin kirkonkirjat, jotka ovat itsessään helppokäyttöisiä ja samaan paikkaan koostettuja. Tilanne on erilainen esimerkiksi myllytulli- ja henkikirjaluetteloiden osalta, jotka ovat hajanaisia ja hankalasti selattavia. Linkkejä on tällä hetkellä noin...
The Villages is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sumter and Marion counties in the U.S. state of Florida. It shares its name with a broader master-planned, age-restricted community that spreads into portions of Lake County. The overall development lies in central Florida, approximately 20 miles south of Ocala and approximately 45 miles northwest of Orlando. As of the 2020 census, the populati...
Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut: Find a Grave
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In 1195, Richard I ("the Lionheart") of England and his Minister Hubert Walter commissioned certain knights to preserve the peace in unruly areas. They were responsible to the King for ensuring that the law was upheld and preserving the "King's peace". Therefore, they were known as "keepers of the peace".[1]An act of 1327 had referred to "good and lawful men" to be appointed in every county in ...
The Vermont General Assembly is the legislative body of the state of Vermont, in the United States. The Legislature is formally known as the "General Assembly," but the style of "Legislature" is commonly used, including by the body itself. The General Assembly is a bicameral legislature, consisting of the 150-member Vermont House of Representatives and the 30-member Vermont Senate. Members of t...
The Hartford Theological Seminary (now known as Hartford International University for Religion and Peace) is a private theological university in Hartford, Connecticut. Hartford Seminary's origins date back to 1833 when the Pastoral Union of Connecticut was formed to train Congregational ministers. The next year the Theological Institute of Connecticut was founded at East Windsor Hill, Connecti...
Wikipedia The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, more commonly known as the University of Vermont or UVM, is a public research university and, after 1862, the U.S. state of Vermont's land-grant university. The University of Vermont is labeled one of the original "Public Ivies," a publicly funded university considered as providing a quality of education comparable to those o...
The Peacham Academy was a fixture in the Caledonia County town for more than a century. It was an innovative academy that counted abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens as one of its pupils. Vermont Historical Society Northeast Kingdom Genealogy
Craftsbury Academy is a term that is generally applied to the high school portion of the Craftsbury School System located in Craftsbury, Orleans County, Vermont, although occasionally it is extended to include the middle school as well, because it shares many resources with the high school. The school has operated continuously since 1832, making it one of the oldest in the state. It faces Craf...
Waiting staff (British English), waitstaff (North American English), waiters/waitresses or servers (North American English), are those who work at a restaurant or a bar and sometimes in private homes, attending to customers by supplying them with food and drink as requested. Waiting staff follow rules and guidelines determined by the manager. Waiting staff carry out many different tasks, such a...
Please add Geni profiles for Puritans to this project, and link to the “notable Puritans” section when warranted. Collaborators welcome. Extracted from The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and sho...